Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Assyria » Israel condemned for trusting to
The people of Israel went to Assyria. They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
Ephraim, you are like a simpleminded, senseless dove. You call to Egypt and run to Assyria for help.
false Confidence » In man
A mighty army does not save the king. A warrior is not delivered by great strength.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb. He is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
Ephraim, you are like a simpleminded, senseless dove. You call to Egypt and run to Assyria for help.
Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind.
Stop trusting people, whose breath (life) is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?
This is what Jehovah says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from Jehovah.
It is better to trust in Jehovah than to depend on people.
Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end).
the Simple » The simple deceived by
Ephraim, you are like a simpleminded, senseless dove. You call to Egypt and run to Assyria for help.
I saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youth, a young man without understanding.
How long, you simple (stupid) (foolish) ones, will you love simplicity (foolishness) (stupidity)? The scoffers delight in scoffing. Fools hate knowledge!
A prudent man sees evil and takes refuge. The simple (fool) (inexperienced) keep going and suffers.